Activities of Chamonix Mont Blanc
| Chamonix is the birth place and capital of extreme sport, such as big mountain skiing, alpine rock climbing, and mountaineering. The last decades paragliders, mountain bikers and base jumpers have joined the crew of mountain loving sports people in the valley. All though dominated by the impressive panorama of the Mt Blanc mountain range, Chamonix also has more moderate hills that offers a playground for beginners and families. |
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| Chamonix is the where alpine climbing and mountaineering was born, and in summer it is the Mekka for all sorts of mountain sports; Down hill biking, cross country biking, paragliding, canyoning, rock climbing, alpine climbing, mountaineering, ice climbing and trekking. Chamonix climbing and mountain guides offer guided ascents to Mt Blanc, alpine climbing and mountaineering courses, and rock climbing lessons for private groups. We recommend them because they are skilled, motivated and honest people with a lot of local knowledge and experience. Full suspensing down hill bikes and cross country bikes you can rent at ZeroG on the south end of the pedestrian area in Chamonix. Tandem paragliding is organized at Falline, nex to Super U also on the pedestrian area. |
Winter activities |
| Skiing, skiing and more skiing! Chamonix offer world class off-piste skiing in the mind-blowing scenary of the Mt Blanc massif. This is extreme-skiing terrain and the area inspiers aspirit of adventure. If you are new to the area and going off-piste it is highly recommended to ski a few days with a mountain guide. Also because it allows you to avoid the crouds and the get away from the obvious areas that are skied out within hours on a fresh-powder-day. Local Chamonix ski guides are again recommended for their high level skiers, passionate about instructing and guiding off-piste skiing and ski touring. |
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| Lift passes and lift status and reserving your bins at Compagnie du Mt Blanc. In the winter all 5 ski areas in the Chamonix valley, the Montenvers train, Courmayeur and Puta Helbronner on the Italian side are included in the Mt Blanc Unlimited lift pass. | Food |
| Eating out in Chamonix is not only traditional french food. The best pizza place in town, Porugese/Italien owners, is in Chamonix Sud, in the corner towards the river. Lunches are served at Chambre Neuf with a different "plat du jour" every day that keeps you skiing for a few more hour, or restores the energy after an alpine start climbing day. For dinner we like the tasteful, international dishes at Munchies. |